The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-13
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


Three Prominent Citizens of Macon
Die in a Day--A Haunted House in
Baker County and a Colored Giant
Who Lives in the Same County--A
Lineman Drowned at Augusta While
Drunk.
GEORGIA.
Sam Small preached at Macon Sunday.
Buildings to cost 1891, 800 are in process OF
erection at Brunswick.
DR.. S. S. Gaulden and Miss Tilhe Mccall
were married at Quitiran n few days ago.
John n. BruFey, father of a well known
reporter of Atlanta, died in that city Satur-
day.
There IL good deal of improvement go
ing on in Ty-Ty just at this time, in the way
of building new houses and improving old
ones.
w. p. Goodall, well known bank EN-
ploye, formerly of Savannah, j. f. j.
Frank, who once represented Bibb county
in the Legislature, and Joseph Z. Wells,
prominent Mason died at Macon Sunday.
A very hotly contested race for Mayor
was held at Forsyth last Wednesday. The
candidates were George T. Brown and
George w. Walker, former Tax Collector
for this county. The result was the election
of Mr.. Brown by vote of l05 to 62.
At Augusta Sunday a negro lineman of
the Thompson-Hou Electric Light Com
pany, named Charles Lamar, while drunk
on the river bank fell in and was drowned.
The bank from where he fell is 20 feet high,
and he was insensible when he hit the water.
Lockett Willis, an old negro from Flo
villa, was found dead in bed at Forsyth
Saturday morning. He had come over to
court to witness the trial Of his son on a
charge of burglarizing the store of R. L.
Williams, at Juliette. His son, Green Will
lis, was acquitted.
The Observation-Disclosures of Clarke county
are making a still hunt to see if they can
secure the signatures of majority Of the
qualified VOTERS i'll order to call all election
ON the whisky question. They are making
very little ado, but viii make thorough
canvass before they decide to go to work in
earnest.
At Gainesville Saturday j. L. Gilreath,
of Union county, fell through the elevator
opening at Barnes & Co s. One arm was
broken, with other bruises on his body. He
was nearsighted, and looking bout over
the store, fell as before stated. He is about
so years old, which will be against his
speedy recovery.
The new school trustees of Tv-Ty, at their
meeting few DAYS ago, resolved to build a
drst-class academy building and to form a
stock company for the same. Committees
were appointed to open books for subscrip-
ton of stock at once, the shares being
placed at the small sum of SIS each, thus
giving men of small means the opportunity
of taking stock.
At Sparta on Saturday Hancock county
was declared wet by the Ordinary. The
contest continued about three DAYS The
Prohibitionists failed to make any case at
all, and the decision was rendered on the
evidence presented by them as, as the Ants
did not offer any evidence, not considering
il necessary. This victory was more com
plete than the first, and will probably put
an end to the contest.
A very amusing occurrence was wit
messed by large number of citizens of
Forsyth last Saturday. A farmer came
into town in "a buggy, driving two spotted
mules, with brindle cur following behind
the buggy. Before he left he purchased
Texas pony, which he had in lead from the
back of the buggy. He then tied the dog by
rope to the tail of the pony and put bow
of red calico on the dogs tail, who trotted
gently along behind the horse.
1t is singular fact that the earthquake
at Charleston should have interfered with
the black fish catch. A. A. Cullen, a fish
and fruit dealer of Macon, usually received
from four to six barrels of black fish per
week from Charleston, and since the quake,
although he has a standing order for the
same amount as formerly, he only receives
on an average half barrel per week. The
decrease occurred Immediately after the
earthquake. The question therefore arises
what effect did the quake have on the fish !
Were they swallowed up in fissGre, as one
suggests, or were they killed by the shocks?
A novel case was decided in the Superior
Court at Rome, Saturday. Some time ago
Miss Abbie Webb, Dr. j. A Tignor and B.
F. Clark jointly purchased three tickets in
the louisiana lottery. DIR. Tignor after
ward took possession of one of.these tickets.
One OF the two which remained in Miss
Webb's possession drew $4,000 Miss Webb
paid Mr.. Clark 5000, bnt refused to pay
Tignor on the ground that, by taking pos
session OF one of the tickets, he had volun-
tar1ly withdrawn from the pool. DIR. Tig-
nor brought suit, and the jury Saturday
returned verdict in his favor for s., 600
A little negro boy, about - years old, but
small for his age, has had an unusual crimi-
nal record for one so young He has lust
completed his third term in the chain-gang
upon convictions for larceny, and Saturday
be was arrested by Officer James, who found
him offering chickens for sale which had
been stolen the night before from colored
woman, Joanna Jones by name. This little
darkey has all optical trouble, his ewes
being partially closed and his sight defect
i've. He goes by the name of "BlInd Tom
his appearance, though he is hardened
little rogue, is really pathetic, and it is really
difficult matter to obtain a true bill against
him Il any o. the kind-hearted grand Jurors
get glimpse Of his pitiful little figure
At Macon on Saturday night, about 10
O'Clock, Sam Grant, the negro who was shot
near the reservoir two weeks before, died of
henorrhage, caused by the sloughing of
flesh, until the sub-clavian artery was sever
ed. The Coroner's inquest began Sunday.
A large number Of witnesses were examined.
among them Drs. L. l.. johnson and Rush
NJ. Brown. They testified that the death
was caused from the pistol shot, the ball
having entered the muscle of the left arm
few inches below the left shoulder, and
ranging upward, lodged on the first rib,
near the collar bone, cutting close to the
artery. Internal hemorrhage ensued on
severing the vessel, and this caused the
Negroes death. Several witnesses testified as
to It's having been done in a fight between
the negro and young John Tracy, who lives
in South Macon. The verdict was iustifia-
BILE homicide.
The scaffoldiug around building at the
Empire Mills, five miles below Cochran, fell
on Thursday, and precipitated six men, all
white, to the ground, distance of thirty
feet, and, wonderfully, did not kill any of
them. Their names and injuries are rs fol-
lows: Walter Morgan, young man, hurt in
chest, side and back, no bones broken /:
Stephen Lee bruised hin hack Xyrenched